Maryland Intellectual Property Law Blog : Maryland Intellectual Property Lawyer & Attorney : Brian Wm. Higgins : Serving Baltimore, Columbia, Frederick

          The Top 5 web page views on the Maryland IP Law Blog for 2011 are perennial favorites. The most popular web page for the second year in a row was one touting the "benefits" of downloading music on the Internet, published August 28, 2007. Bouchat's copyright lawsuit against the Baltimore Ravens and the NFL was the second most visited web page. The new IP JOBS Board came in third, followed by a post discussing the new America Invents Act.  Rounding out the top 5 was a Fourth Circuit opinion regarding Louis Vuitton's trademark infringement case against Haute Diggity Dog:

• Downloading Music Benefits Both Consumers and Artists, Study Finds

• Bouchat Sues Ravens, NFL Over "Flying B" Design

• Maryland IP Jobs Board

• America Invents Act: Redefining What is "Prior Art"

• Louis Vuitton Malletier S.A. v. Haute Diggity Dog LLC

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Wright Mfg., Inc. v. The Toro Co., et al., slip op. (11:-cv-1373) (Md D. Ct., Dec, 13, 2011), J. Garbis

          In Wright Mfg., Inc. v. The Toro Co., the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland dismissed in part a complaint by Wright Manufacturing against competing lawn tractor companies, Toro and Exmark Manufacturing, saying that Frederick, Maryland-based Wright had not met the plausibility standard for pleading induced and contributory patent infringement.  The court instructed Wright to follow the court's Local Rule 103.6, should it decide to submit an amended complaint against the Defendants. 

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          The National Football League (NFL) Properties, Inc. and Electronic Arts (EA), maker of, among other computer video games, "Madden NFL 11," were sued by Frederick Bouchat for allegedly infringing his copyright in his "Flying B" artwork (pictured at right).  Filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland (No. 11-CV-02878, Oct. 7, 2011), Bouchat alleges in his complaint that the NFL licensed the infringing logo to EA and then EA reproduced and displayed it on "retro" uniforms worn by players depicted in its video game.

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